County deputies arrested a Rock Springs woman February 14th charged with 26 counts of felony Forgery and one count of felony Larceny by Bailee.
According to Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell, 51-year-old Regina Lea Taylor, aka Jeanne Taylor, aka Jeanne Harrison, was taken into custody without incident at her residence by Deputy Sheriffs Matt Wharton and Derek Morrell.
Haskell said Taylor’s charges stem from an extensive Rock Springs Police Department investigation.
According to court documents, Taylor, on over two dozen occasions while employed at Wyoming Work Warehouse in Rock Springs in 2009, forged returned merchandise documents totaling $2,720.20 between January 18th and September 3rd.
In 1995, Taylor/Harrison was charged with five counts of felony Misrepresentation and one count of misdemeanor Misrepresentation. Court documents accused her of submitting false reports to obtain $31,768.00 in food stamps, $48,884.00 in Aid to Families with Dependent Children funds, $1,249.58 in Wyoming Opportunity to Work funds, $1,863.78 for child day care, $1,036.00 for Low Income Energy Assistance and Title 19 Medicaid payments totaling $23,262.00, for a grand total of $108,064.16.
In April of 1996, Taylor/Harrison pleaded guilty to two of the counts and the others were dismissed. She was sentenced in District Court in Green River to 3 to 5 years’ imprisonment at the Wyoming Women’s Center with her sentence suspended. She was placed on 10 years of supervised probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $56,658.85.
Taylor/Harrison appeared before Judge Dan Forgey in Circuit Court in Rock Springs on February 15th, where her bond was set at $15,000 cash or surety. Each count of her current charges carries with it a maximum possible penalty of 10 years of imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both.
According to Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell, 51-year-old Regina Lea Taylor, aka Jeanne Taylor, aka Jeanne Harrison, was taken into custody without incident at her residence by Deputy Sheriffs Matt Wharton and Derek Morrell.
Haskell said Taylor’s charges stem from an extensive Rock Springs Police Department investigation.
According to court documents, Taylor, on over two dozen occasions while employed at Wyoming Work Warehouse in Rock Springs in 2009, forged returned merchandise documents totaling $2,720.20 between January 18th and September 3rd.
In 1995, Taylor/Harrison was charged with five counts of felony Misrepresentation and one count of misdemeanor Misrepresentation. Court documents accused her of submitting false reports to obtain $31,768.00 in food stamps, $48,884.00 in Aid to Families with Dependent Children funds, $1,249.58 in Wyoming Opportunity to Work funds, $1,863.78 for child day care, $1,036.00 for Low Income Energy Assistance and Title 19 Medicaid payments totaling $23,262.00, for a grand total of $108,064.16.
In April of 1996, Taylor/Harrison pleaded guilty to two of the counts and the others were dismissed. She was sentenced in District Court in Green River to 3 to 5 years’ imprisonment at the Wyoming Women’s Center with her sentence suspended. She was placed on 10 years of supervised probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $56,658.85.
Taylor/Harrison appeared before Judge Dan Forgey in Circuit Court in Rock Springs on February 15th, where her bond was set at $15,000 cash or surety. Each count of her current charges carries with it a maximum possible penalty of 10 years of imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both.
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